Evening all
Pull up a seat of some sort, give me some beer crack open a beer, and join in the fun.


(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 18:11, 175 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

*pulls up seat*

*checks fridge, finds no beer*

*settles for coffee instead*

Hiya PoD, how are you?
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Wed 30 Jul 2008, 18:32, Reply)

I am not bad, tww
How are you?

Don't think I've seen you about on here for a while actually.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 18:34, Reply)

Oh beer
I shall have one of those while I make dinner I think.
Or should I finish the bottle of wine?

*edit* There is some beer in the fridge, or more in the cellar if it runs out. Help yourself.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 30 Jul 2008, 18:36, Reply)

Hi PoD, been on holiday
this big hot thing kept appearing in the sky - no idea what it was!

Oooo wine. I'll help you finish that.

*slurps*

Edit: PoD has his bike back??? You are David Cameron, AICMFP
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Wed 30 Jul 2008, 18:44, Reply)

Evenin' all.
I've been on here all day. My IRL friends are mostly away, but my b3ta friends are here - hurrah!

23 days until my holiday - yay! Wee Witch, are you tanned after your hols (asked by someone who is white-to-the-point-of-blue all year, whatever the weather)?
( thealternativefact, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 18:48, Reply)

*swigs room-temperature tapwater and curses the heat*
I'm here :) have put off doing washing again, somehow.
( Maladicta, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 18:49, Reply)

Clendrix
ooo, where are you going?

Tanned?? Not really. More a sort of light gold. An improvement on my usual "more colour in a corpse" skin tone though.

Edit: Maladicta, not so hot up here today. Quite refreshing actually. Big thunderstorm last night cleared the air a bit.
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Wed 30 Jul 2008, 18:50, Reply)

I have been sat in the garden since term ended
and I'm still a whiter shade of blue.

I'm making chilli, anyone want some?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 30 Jul 2008, 18:53, Reply)

ooo. Chili. Please :)
We had a big thunderstorm Monday night (and in the process of getting home and away from it having spent the evening with Mr Maladicta I fell into a pothole and twisted my bad ankle with the most sickening CRUNCH. It's now purple) but it hasn't made much difference to the heat :( it's now just dry heat, not humidity.
( Maladicta, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 18:55, Reply)

Wee Witch
I'm off to DC for a few days (and whilst there will see The Resident Loon and Citadel) and then I'm up to Detroit for a few days to visit the friend who named me clendrix. Then it's back home for my friend's wedding. Phew!

Maladicta - poor you! Very painful, I'm sure.
( thealternativefact, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 19:08, Reply)

Clendrix
sounds like a lot of fun. Say hi to the guys for me.

Maladicta: nasty, I am so accident prone that sprains and bruises just kind of happen to me. Have a *hug*
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Wed 30 Jul 2008, 19:10, Reply)

*hugs everyone*
It does it a lot, annoyingly - it's been weak for years, and when it does go, it bends at a 90 degree angle sideways and usually flings me onto the ground. Mr Maladicta's seen it happen a couple of times and watched me cry with the pain, so he thinks I should go to the doctor about it but I'm not so sure there's much that can be done for it. No heels for a couple of weeks, anyway :(
( Maladicta, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 19:15, Reply)

*puts mummy hat on*
Maladicta, go to the doctor.

Sometimes a bit of physio can help. I had some on my "dodgy" knee joint (the result of one too many cycling accidents) and although it hurt to start with it did strengthen the muscles. I haven't hurt it recently (crosses fingers in case the damn thing gives out tomorrow).
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Wed 30 Jul 2008, 19:18, Reply)

Trouble with ankles is
once they go, they go and it's likely to keep happening.

*apologies for doom-laden statement*

There are exercises you can do to strengthen them that a physiotherapist could give you (or you could consult Dr Google!).
( thealternativefact, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 19:20, Reply)

@ TWW
I will... I've got my medical up in London tomorrow which is just a drug screening, but I ought to mention it as it's a medical centre :( doctors make me nervous.
( Maladicta, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 19:23, Reply)

@ clendrix
It's done it on and off since I was quite young although I don't remember the initial cause. I can usually tell when it's threatening to go badly because it trembles a bit and usually with in the next few days I'll go splat on the pavement, usually in front of lots of people, so anything that'll stop it doing that would be amazing!
( Maladicta, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 19:24, Reply)

I just found out
that one of the climber screens that we're having built- this ginormous steel gizmo- was supposed to be made of all stainless steel, but in fact is in fabrication and is being made of carbon steel.


...oh fuck...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 30 Jul 2008, 19:26, Reply)

Loon,
oh dear!

Erm...

@Maladicta - I have splatted in various locations around the world due to poor ankleage, so I empathise completely. Definitely mention it if you get the chance.
( thealternativefact, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 19:27, Reply)

Maladicta
yes, mention it.

I know what you mean about doctors. My blood pressure is on the low side when taken by a nurse, but rockets when a doctor takes it. "White coat syndrome" they call it.

I think it goes back to being hospitalised at age 3. Have hated the buggers ever since!

Edit: Loon - I have no idea what carbon steel is, but sounds like an "oh shit" moment. Have a *hug* anyway ..... they're free round here.
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Wed 30 Jul 2008, 19:28, Reply)

@ Loon
That sounds like an expensive mistake, but I have to admit I don't know the difference!
( Maladicta, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 19:28, Reply)

@ TWW
I hate medical appointments of any kind and have done since I started uni. I was always OK with them when I was younger because aside from hayfever and having the tonsil problem when I was four that didn't let me keep any food down, I'm pretty much never ill.

The uni medical centre staff are for the most part a bunch of miserable cunts and I frankly hate dealing with them as it usually means interrupting the 45th coffee break of the day for something "trivial". I won't go there usually unless I suspect I have teh bad AIDS.
( Maladicta, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 19:30, Reply)

Have to go now folks
the bat mobile has just pulled up outside - which means WeeWitch's mum is paying a visit.

Now where did I put the garlic?


just kidding
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Wed 30 Jul 2008, 19:42, Reply)

Carbon steel
is the basic stuff that rusts.

Stainless steel is an alloy with nickel that doesn't rust, and costs a fair bit more.

I think this may have happened because I uploaded a BOM before I should have, and the purchasing guy ordered these parts made- and the contract has not been finalized, and the customer wants all stainless.

...oh fuck...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 30 Jul 2008, 19:49, Reply)

@loon
Doesn't sound like a great mistake.

Is it at least decent carbon steel, that could possibly be re-used for something else?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 19:53, Reply)

It may be a very big mistake.
I may have prematurely ordered them without realizing it... but if that were the case I wouldn't have written the BOMs unless I were told to, which would mean we thought we had approval for the project as bid, and we bid it as carbon steel with stainless wetted parts, which is what's being built...

I don't know. I may be okay or I may be in SERIOUS shit. Because once you start cutting steel to dimensions, you can't just send it back- it instantly becomes scrap if it's not right...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 30 Jul 2008, 20:05, Reply)

*hugs teh Loon*
It'll be OK, I'm sure. Admittedly it's a large thing to have to re-do, but perhaps you can make up some kind of excuse about "making sure we have the specifications"? I don't know. Just try not to worry :) have some chocolate.
( Maladicta, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 20:17, Reply)

Evening everyone
I have hugs, wine and beer in ample supply.

Just had a hilarious religious debate on Facebook too.
Yes, I am a masochist.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 20:25, Reply)

On digging into it
it looks like I'm in the clear- we had a purchase agreement for carbon steel with stainless wetted parts. I would not have written the BOMs without being instructed to do so.

Unfortunately the project manager is on vacation until Monday... but he does have a Blackberry, so I'll buzz him anyway. That's why they pay him the big money, after all!
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 30 Jul 2008, 20:26, Reply)

Glad it's looking up 'loon
Evening Boss. Hows things?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 20:28, Reply)

Evening PoD
Bit mixed. Had a half year review at work.
I'm really good at my job but I'm making myself ill with stress, and I'm a miserable bastard apparently.

How's you?
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 20:35, Reply)

I'm not bad
Work was rubbish though, far too busy. You would think it was the summer holidays or something.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 20:38, Reply)

Bollocks to them and their holidays
I just claimed God likes Bachman Turner Overdrive on this Facebook board. So much fun!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 20:47, Reply)

Show me a link, BK
If they are going to come on holiday, they could at least space out their visits to my work throughout the day, but no, they all come in in these huge rushes.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 20:49, Reply)

@PoD
It may give away my closely guarded real name and you may have to join the group but...
www.facebook.com/edittopic.php?uid=23825262322&topic=6910&action=4&reply_to=87127
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 20:52, Reply)

Well that ain't working
Just taking me to the homepage.

Is it a discussion in a group? And if so, group name?

edit - you could just gaz me it.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 20:54, Reply)

Ok. The group is the Snowball Experiment
It should be the first topic on the post boards. I'm on from about page 10 onwards.

*edit*
Or become my friends on Facebook!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 21:03, Reply)

Erm
That group does not seem to exist.

Currently, it gets classes as a fail I'm afraid.

edit - I'm just very thick. I put snowball experience.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 21:09, Reply)

Found the group
but I can't find posts.

Winding up Godists is fun.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 30 Jul 2008, 21:17, Reply)

I too have found group
But the discussion only has like 4 posts for today.

edit - aha, it ain't the top one on the thing, it's the one with atheists in the title I think.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 21:18, Reply)

Oh yes
It's fun!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 21:23, Reply)

It's hilarious!
Loads of people who've never met arguing over something that can be neither proved nor disproved. I love the Internet!

Go for it, BK! You're doing a great job! I daren't join in.
( thealternativefact, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 21:26, Reply)

Found you
and I reveal that your real name is.......................................................

El Rapeo Bastartdo
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 30 Jul 2008, 21:26, Reply)

*slumps in corner*
I'm tired of being a grown up and having to do grown up stuff like sort out bills and fuck about having to call places that will keep me in a queue for more than five minutes when apparently they want my money. Trying to set up direct debits so they will make your life easier is a fucking pain in the arse.

Oh a brighter note, we had a pyometra case in yesterday for a dog who weighed 12kg and had a 0.55kg uterus and ovaries. Fuuull of pus and stinking. Was loverly. She walked out of work today very happy. Her owner was less happy with the bill.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 21:31, Reply)

Evening becky!
How are you m'dear, other than the rubbish grown up stuff you mentioned?

Well if they want the dog back, I guess they have to put up with the bill.

I would comment on that thing, but really can't be bothered. Far too many christians are mental and ridiculous.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 21:33, Reply)

brb
phone
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 21:33, Reply)

Hi PoD
Other than that I am very tired. Been getting to sleep around 2ish each night as its so hot and getting up at 8 each morning for a few weeks now. I need more like 7 or 8 hours sleep a night to function properly, so have been a bit cranky last few days, so tonight I'm aiming to be asleep by midnight.
How are you doing me dear?
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 21:39, Reply)

I'm not bad
I've somehow been fitting in the necessary 7 hours sleep between all my messing about doing nothing and working. I hate my work.
My wrist is getting more and more ruined by the day, and I hope to get a doctors appointment tomorrow to try and get something done about it.

I say 'it', but both of them are sore these days actually.

Still warm as down near London?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 21:42, Reply)

Hey Becky,
here:
*hugs*

Only virtual, but you get a real one next week.
( thealternativefact, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 21:44, Reply)

God I miss being a student
well termtime anyway. I only did 24 hours work a week then. In the holidays I would do between 50 and 60 hours a week between three jobs.

What did you do to your wrist again? Or is it a 5 knuckle shuffle inflicted injury? ,)

Edit: Thanks Clendrix, hugs back
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 21:45, Reply)

The doctor last time said it was repetitive strain
But I don't fully believe them.

I blame it on a combination of using laptops, playing guitar, bass and drums too much.

And I want it to get better. It was sore while just standing there at work today.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 21:47, Reply)

I was so expecting a
'That's my story and I'm sticking to it' then :)

One yay for today is the head honcho came in for a short visit until I pounced and asked him to get the email and internet fixed. He agreed that I didn't break it - see last night's post if you're interested - and after trying himself with no luck (unsurprisingly as he's not an IT person) has called out BT to come fix it like I suggested in the first place.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 21:50, Reply)

Read last nights post
You were trying to do a good thing which should have been done anyway.

Hope they don't ban b3ta.

And it's good that it's gonna get fixed.

Does your work have a usage policy?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 21:58, Reply)

Not really
You can use the net for anything work related and check email. Don't take the piss with it is the policy in general. So I literally log onto b3ta to check gazes, scan the hsh thread if I have time, check my email and then go back to work.

Edit: You can look at whatever you want outside your working hours though and on lunch breaks.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:06, Reply)

That's fair enough then
And there wouldn't really be a reason to block b3ta.

Hows life in your flat just now? Still got annoying flatmate?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:08, Reply)

Yeah
Haven't seen her in a few days though. She goes off on jaunts for a few weeks at a time sometimes, but IIRC, the shower room floor was wet this morning, so maybe she's getting in before me, not leaving her room and getting up before me? No idea.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:09, Reply)

It's a strange possibility
But a possibility all the same.

Not many folks about on here tonight it would appear.

All these people with social lives. They're just kidding themselves.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:11, Reply)

Haha
I think you could be right there.

I was supposed to go out tonight, but it would have taken ages to get to and back from and after yesterday's jaunt, I really couldn't be aresed.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:26, Reply)

Hello!
I'm here, but I'm also slobbing around and watching TV so I'm not posting much. Wonder where everyone else is? Not out having lives, I hope - how rude!
( thealternativefact, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:30, Reply)

I couldn't be bothered going out
Did however find out I'm now on my friends car insurance so I can teach his wife to drive.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:30, Reply)

evening all
I'm here...Watching
( wanderlust, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:32, Reply)

@wanderlust
Waiting?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:34, Reply)

@PoD
anticipating
( wanderlust, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:36, Reply)

Hello
Popping in for a bit. How are we all?
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:36, Reply)

Right
So what do you anticipate I am going to do?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:37, Reply)

ello MM
@PoD something amazing!
( wanderlust, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:38, Reply)

Evening MM
How are things?

I like the sound of that 'lust, I hopes you are correct.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:41, Reply)

I feel like doing something exciting now.
I'm just too lazy :(
( wanderlust, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:44, Reply)

Ooh more peoples
*gets out cake for everyone*
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:46, Reply)

people don't have lives
they just want you think that.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:47, Reply)

ello miss beckyletters!
Did you receive something special in the post from a mr grove the other day?
( wanderlust, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:48, Reply)

I most certainly did
and am most pleased :) I sent him photos to say thank you

Edit: God that sounds dodgy as doesn't it?
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:50, Reply)

haha!
it's going to sound even worse that he's just finished making me my very own ceiling cat
( wanderlust, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:52, Reply)

Yes becky
Yes it does.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:52, Reply)

@ Miss Lust
Ceiling cat?

A catbus?
*hopefuls*
*wants pics*
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:53, Reply)

Aww man
Now I want one. *huffs as she doesn't have her own personal b3tan makerofcoolstuff*
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:53, Reply)

Evenin'
I too am pretending to have a life by not posting. Actually, that's not quite true. Am reading through this week's QOTW entries.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:53, Reply)

@bk
ceiling cat of lolcats fame

@becky, you can borrow him if you like! Just remember to feed him cheese and bacon sandwiches and cans of coke.
( wanderlust, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:55, Reply)

You fucking wierdos.
How hard did you miss me?
( Cawl, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:57, Reply)

pics






Kodama ftw
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:59, Reply)

Kaol!!!
How I have missed you.

As hard as a hit from a sledgehammer.

Good times?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:59, Reply)

@Boss
I've got a fluffy Catbus.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 30 Jul 2008, 22:59, Reply)

Ceiling cat
http://tubbypaws.blogspot.com/2008/03/meow-you-can-has-lolcats.html

That's a cut-out-and-glue ceiling cat for you.

EDIT: Kaol: This much     * stretches arms out wide as far as they'll go *
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:00, Reply)

Now that I can do
*buys up shares in M&S*
:)

Ning Kaol, haven't seen you in ages.
Edit: What have you done with the good lady Ancrenne? I miss her
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:00, Reply)

@kaol
*opens arms reeeaaallly wide*
I missed you that much

EDIT @Becky, awww they look so good! We've got loads of them hiding in a tree in our back garden, and they glow in the dark!
( wanderlust, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:01, Reply)

Good times indeed
*grins*

I'm just back from what could be, in theory, a 6-day b3ta bash...
I met up with Clendrix, Spakka, Vipros, an occasional poster called Rich T, and spent some time with some lurker called ancrenne.

And I'm going to London for a gig tomorrow night.
( Cawl, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:03, Reply)

Google theme
www.google.co.uk/ig/sharetheme?hl=en&skin=http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/114006349395033137110/studioGhibli.xml
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:04, Reply)

I want this
so very very much
ben-kt.momillett.org/2007/07/hmc-papercraft/

Mrs Liveinabin, I'm so jealous you've been to the Ghibli museum and seen Catbus and Mei
Edit: Wanderlust, so does mine *jumps around a bit*
2nd Edit: Ooh, pretty :)
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:05, Reply)

Hey Kaol,
we've missed you and your penchant for sudden and descriptive violence.
( thealternativefact, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:09, Reply)

@Kaol
I thought you had run away with Ancrenne into the real world.

Mine was a 7 day bash, but not all the days were b3tan-full.

Nice meeting you BTW.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:10, Reply)

I just discovered a rubbish old guitar in my cupboard
It's small, and once had a broken head on it, but sounds surprisingly good.


Who is this 'ancrenne' you speak of, Kaol? I haven't seen anyone by that name in a while.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:11, Reply)

Nice meeting you too
Mr. S.

Clendrix, the closest you got to real-life sudden violence was me spilling a drink on you...

Also, multiple quad vodkas with no mixer are bad for the head, and the pocket.
( Cawl, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:13, Reply)

I have to be sensible and go to bed
Have fun without me kids.
Play nice!
( wanderlust, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:13, Reply)

G'night
Ms. Lust!
*waves*
( Cawl, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:16, Reply)

G'night WL
* Has fun without you *

* in a nice kind of way of course *
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:19, Reply)

So wrist hurting
has gone out the window then PoD?

Night Wanderlust
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:19, Reply)

It still hurts
But I was so bored. And I've taken lots of painkillers today.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:20, Reply)

Hate hate hate hate bluebottles.
And there's no easy way to catch the bastard.
( Maladicta, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:23, Reply)

Wait for them to land
And then clap right above them, as they always take off at right angles to the surface they are on.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:25, Reply)

Kaol...
I wore those jeans to work the next day.
Grim.
But proud.

And not as bad as my friend Redbeard (don't ask) who turned up for breakfast in jeans he'd pissed in at a party the night before.
*adds 'getting new friends' to to-do list*
( thealternativefact, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:30, Reply)

night all
I've got a busy day of nothing ahead and I need my sleep.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:31, Reply)

It's ok Clendrix...
I've still not cleaned these boots from puking on them at the London bash...
*shame*
( Cawl, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:31, Reply)

Kaol
We wear the stains of our Bash Battles with pride.
( thealternativefact, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:33, Reply)

Wow
Those sounds like student levels of cleanliness and hygiene those do.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:33, Reply)

I didn't get any bash-stains
Did I miss out on anything?

EDIT: 'night Mrs Liveinabin
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:35, Reply)

Yes indeed...
Also, I seem to have a load of bird crap on the trousers I was gonna wear tomorrow.

Ah well, I'm still planning on it, they've got a good amount of pockets.
( Cawl, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:35, Reply)

@ PoD
I don't want to kill the bastard thing unless I have to, it'll make a disgusting mess. The buzzing in my face is driving me insane, though; it's fixated on my light.
( Maladicta, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:36, Reply)

You do that, Kaol.
*prouds*
( thealternativefact, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:36, Reply)

Cup your hands then
And you simply catch it, then throw it outside.

Duh.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:37, Reply)

At the next bash
I'm going to totally bathe myself in whatever fluids are produced at the bash. I will then wear my outfit for a job-interview.

@Maladicta: You can get bug-zapper thingies which are basically blue-ish lights that attract insects only for them to be electrocuted by a metal thingy.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:38, Reply)

Maladicta
I wish I could send my cat over to help out.
She's an expert fly-catcher (the flies sound a bit grim as they buzz their last as she chews them, but hey, one can turn the TV up).
( thealternativefact, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:40, Reply)

*saunters in*
Evenin' all. It's turned a bit warm and steamy here.

The weather, I mean. Nothing else, unfortunately.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:45, Reply)

Hello K2k6
Finished being busy?
( thealternativefact, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:46, Reply)

Yup
Got to bed now, but decided to wake up my laptop and see what you're all up to.

I'll have to switch it off though, when I get tired, or when it burns my willy. Whichever happens first.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:49, Reply)

Right o
I'm gonna head off too.

My laptop is running rather hot tonight, I ironed part of my duvet cover with it earlier.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:51, Reply)

Was it something I said?
Or do I need to change my deodorant or something? It's all gone very quiet.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 23:56, Reply)

Hello K2k6, bye POD
Tomorrow, the weather is going to be nice in the morning, but 27 degrees and raining in the afternoon, so I'm going to get up early so I can get as much out the way in the morning as I can before it gets too humid to do any work.

Re burning computers: I'm using a desktop - it keeps my rude-bits from burning.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:00, Reply)

has everyone gone?
murp!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:00, Reply)

I'm here!
Was playing my guitar.*

*am crap, but I like it anyway
( thealternativefact, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:01, Reply)

@ clendrix
Shame I can't have the kitteh, I could do with something to pet :(

@ swipe - I'm still here :)
( Maladicta, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:02, Reply)

My desktop
is on my desk. I can't use it and lie in bed at the same time. Although I will admit, it does prevent willy-burn.

Didn't know you played the guitar, clendrix?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:03, Reply)

@ spakka
It would be nice to have something to get rid of the bastard thing: I hate the buzzing noise they make and knowing they're covered in germs makes it worse :( I'm from the school of "catch it and throw it out of the window" but the bastard's too fast for me!
( Maladicta, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:03, Reply)

I was just trying to
Play the ukulele.
Anyone know what the standard tuning for it is?
( Cawl, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:03, Reply)

Joyous Fucking Day
Today is my boss's last day as head of department. Tomorrow, someone else takes over over. He is not like her because he:
1. isn't a complete twat
2. listens
3. is rational
4. doesn't talk over the top of me
5. has dress sense
6. doesn't make me want to punch his stupid face in every time I see him

Hurrah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edit: @K2k6 - self-taught, so very badly indeed. But I like singing, so I play things I can sing to.
( thealternativefact, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:05, Reply)

what on earth
is willybum?

and do we need to know??
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:10, Reply)

@Kaol
I'd guess it would be like the mandolin or violin - G D A E - but I could be wrong.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:10, Reply)

Rachel
burn, not bum!

Hahahaha - willybum!

Edit: Hahahaha - willyburn!
( thealternativefact, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:11, Reply)

^ I saw it too
and thought he must have some serious length going on...
( Maladicta, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:12, Reply)

@rswipe
Willy burn is exactly what you might think it is. It's caused by laptops which run hot, such as my Mac. In fact, I'm suffering a mild form of the condition at the moment!

It's been documented.

Edit - BURN - not BUM!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:13, Reply)

it did say
willy bum before. i'm not going mad/blind, right?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:13, Reply)

At least you could could tell him to go fuck himself
and he'd happily toddle off and do just that.
( thealternativefact, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:14, Reply)

two technical questions for y'all
i - my dad's computer has been eaten by a virus back oop north. i am a twat who does not back anything up, and all my music is on itunes on that laptop. 99% of it's also on my ipod. if his laptop can't be fixed, can i upload tunes from my ipod back to the computer?

ii - everyone on /talk goes on about people who have got them on ignore. how do you know who has got you on ignore? this would amuse me no end.

gracias chickens!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:17, Reply)

@ swipe
You can indeed get your music back onto the PC :) you have to unhide the hidden folders on your iPod and look in iPod_Control. They're all in folders that start with F0.

As for ignore, I have no idea :( don't think you can find out...
( Maladicta, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:20, Reply)

@'swipe
Yes you can, but not using iTunes. You need a third party program which allows you to extract your tunes from the iPod and copy them to a computer, from where they can be imported back into iTunes again.

There's a Mac program called Senuti which does this well. No doubt there are numerous PC equivalents. Have a look on VersionTracker.com
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:21, Reply)

am sober
since last night
( thealternativefact, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:23, Reply)

Evenin ancrenne
So once you fall off the sofa, you're lieing on the floor next to your laptop and instead of picking yourself up, you log onto b3ta. Nice!

@Swipey: AFAIK, you cannot find out who is ignoring you.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:25, Reply)

I can't answer that
As I don't drink.
( Cawl, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:25, Reply)

*enjoys snog*
You are fab because a) you are fab and b) you bought me Cock Soup.

I loved meeting you!
( thealternativefact, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:27, Reply)

Hello ancrenne
Good extended weekend then?

I'll have to go soon, as I'm getting tired, and also a bit hot in the nether regions.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:28, Reply)

*snogs back*
I hope you falling off the sofa didn't mess the amazing soldering that I did.
*rolls eyes*
( Cawl, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:30, Reply)

@K2k6
I just had an idea for a way of cooling down your laptop. Make sure you drink lots of drink beforehand. While in bed with your laptop, attatch a hosepipe made of a thermally conducting material to your own 'hosepipe' and place the other end near a bucket. Wrap this hosepipe round the hottest parts of the laptop. Once the laptop is heating up, just piss and the relatively cold piss should conduct the heat away from the laptop.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:31, Reply)

ta guys
hope i don't manage to wipe the ipod. pray for the laptop, that he not be truly fucked.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:31, Reply)

Cock Soup
It's the foody equivalent of 'our song'.
( thealternativefact, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:33, Reply)

.
@ancrenne: What have you been up to all these b3taless days?
BTW: Nice meeting you.

Re cock soup: Funnily enough, I had completely forgotten about that but when you mentioned it, it all came flooding back.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:34, Reply)

@ancrenne
Nothing to do with cake. I'm in bed with my laptop and it gets so hot my cock's getting a bit uncomfortable.

@spakka - interesting water-cooling system, but really all I need is some sort of spacer to stop direct nob-laptop thermal contact.

And with that, I'd better get some kip, or I won't enjoy getting up in the morning!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:37, Reply)

@K2k6
With my idea, you save electricity because you don't have to keep rotating a fan.

G'night.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:38, Reply)

^ I'd forgotten all about cock soup.
Mr Maladicta finds the U-Dong noodles from Tescos hilarious at the moment, too.
( Maladicta, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:43, Reply)

.
@ancrenne: While they may not have been b3ta-less days for you, they were ancrenne-less days for the rest of us.

Have you given up vegetarianism then and resorted to canibalism?

Yes, I got back OK. Eurostar trains rock!
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:44, Reply)

Spak, you bastard!
They were Kaol-less too *shakes fist*

It's like that, is it?
( Cawl, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:45, Reply)

@Kaol
They were Kaol-less days too. Was just responding to ancrenne's message.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:50, Reply)

Ancrenne
It was a minimal amount, so don't feel sad.
Can't do much about the bokey though.
( thealternativefact, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:51, Reply)

I had a
Battered, deep-fried Mars Bar this evening.

It was lovely.
For the record, I'd recommend it. With caution.
( Cawl, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:52, Reply)

I've just put on two pounds
reading Kaol's last post.
( thealternativefact, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:54, Reply)

Haha!
I ate the thing!
It did not weigh two pounds.
( Cawl, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:56, Reply)

I'm hurt by that ancrenne...
The men in prison said I had "A reaaaal purdy mouth".

*frowns*

EDIT: You are older than me... Age before beauty and all that :p
( Cawl, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 0:58, Reply)

Kaol
believe me, it doesn't need to weigh two pounds for me to increase by that much. I am surprisingly expandable!

Ancrenne...oh. Well, needs must. I smoked a lot. It was medicinal.
( thealternativefact, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 1:03, Reply)

IV Cheese
Yes if it's melted cheese. No if it's solid or powdered.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 1:18, Reply)

Can soya milk be converted to cheese
or does that only work with moo milk?
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 1:26, Reply)

I once tried a vegetarian "Bangers and mash".
The 'sausages' tasted alright - I just found the 'gravy' a bit dodgy.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 1:38, Reply)

Right
I'm going to bed, as I need lots of sleep.
I'm tired and I may be sleeping on a bench in London tomorrow with two young men.

Night b3ta folk!
( Cawl, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 1:46, Reply)

'night Kaol
EDIT: 'night ancrenne
EDIT2: 'night me
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 1:47, Reply)

I win again!
Hahaha!
( Cawl, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 1:56, Reply)

Ah, dammit!
Give me back my insomnia!
( Cawl, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 13:30, Reply)